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Title: Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues
Authors: Rubio-Varas, M.d. Mar 
Carvalho, António 
De la Torre, Joseba 
Keywords: Nuclear power plants; Uranium mines; Waste repositories; Cross-border; Cooperation; Anti-nuclear
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Project: HAR2017-86086-R 
662268 
Serial title, monograph or event: Journal for the History of Environment and Society
Volume: 3
Abstract: This article is focused on nuclear transboundary issues between Portugal and Spain, two countries that share a long history of nuclear collaboration and conflict of late, where national borders played a crucial role. The issues at stake cover the full spectrum of the nuclear cycle: uranium mining, power production and waste disposal. The first stage, under two fascist dictatorships, was characterised by collaboration within a common techno-political imaginary, where nuclear energy was understood as a driver of modernity, but with the absence of the public in decision-making processes. The second stage was marked by the advent of democracy in both countries and the reconfiguration of nuclear policies: while Portugal abandoned the nuclear endeavour, Spain implemented a nuclear moratorium but kept ten reactors operative. The third phase, which started in 1986 and goes until the present time, was marked by two crucial events: joining the European Communities (EC) and the Chernobyl accident. The first event allowed Brussels to become a referee on Spanish/Portuguese nuclear disputes. The second one implied that Portugal expanded its institutional vigilance on Spanish nuclear activities and led to the emergence of transboundary social movements against nuclear power.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/84834
ISSN: 2506-6730
2506-6749
DOI: 10.1484/J.JHES.5.116794
Rights: openAccess
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